Chainlink’s total value secured surpasses $75B as DeFi continues to surge
The oracle network’s exponential growth has been tied to the emergence of DeFi. Co-founder Sergey Nazarov said Chainlink is also powering metaverses. The total value secured by the Chainlink network has officially surpassed $75 billion, marking a new milestone for the decentralized oracle solution that has become synonymous with price data services for the rapidly growing DeFi sector. With the milestone, Chainlink has become “one of the most value securing forms of decentralized consensus on the planet,” according to protocol co-founder Sergey Nazarov. Chainlink is also one of the....
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Total Value Locked in Defi Jumps Over the $200 Billion Handle, Ethereum TVL Commands 69% Dominance
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Demand for noncustodial wallets continues to surge amid the DeFi and NFT booms. MetaMask has been a primary benefactor, as active monthly users have grown 19-fold in just over a year. Ethereum wallet and browser extension MetaMask achieved another major milestone in August, as its monthly active userbase topped 10 million for the first time, further highlighting the growing demand for DeFi assets.MetaMask credited a confluence of factors for its exponential growth, including the rapid adoption of Ethereum smart contract technology, the continued expansion of DeFi protocols and the....
The decentralized finance market cap reached $45 billion as the total value locked in DeFi continues to rise to new highs. The decentralized finance sector continues to charge full steam ahead as multiple tokens notch new all-time highs and the total value locked in DeFi protocols grows with the passing of each week.Data from Messario shows projects like AAVE, Uniswap (UNI), SushiSwap (SUSHI) and Synthetix (SNX) have all rallied by double-digits, creating a positive feedback loop as more users engage with the protocols to yield farm and capitalize on flash loans. DeFi asset performance.....
Having previously previously described Bitcoin as "a remarkable cryptographic achievement" and with an estimated net worth of roughly $23.6 billion, Schmidt will likely be one of the wealthiest individuals acting as a Chainlink advisor. Eric Schmidt, the chief executive officer of Google until 2011 who later served as executive chair at the tech company and its parent firm Alphabet, has joined oracle solutions provider Chainlink Labs as a strategic advisor.According to a Tuesday announcement, Chainlink said Schmidt would guide the firm’s scaling strategy in its use of oracle networks to....